ASIA STEWART

FABRIC SOFTENER


  • >>> Fabric Softener is a theatrical response to Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon and the text's focus on three generations of Black women: Pilate, her daughter Reba, and granddaughter Hagar. 

This performance presents three new characters who are not recreations of these women but are instead archetypes: The Laundress, The Celebrant, and The Witness. The performance begins as The Celebrant and The Witness prepare The Laundress for an intervention: a baptism, a becoming, and a funeral for what used to be and can no longer exist.

Premiered at The Shed (July 25th - July 27th, 2024)


Cast:

Photography by Elyse Mertz and Ahad Subzwari